Five palace tunes in Haizhou

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: five palace tunes in Haizhou

Applicant: Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province

Item No.: 72

Project No.: Ⅱ - 41

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Jiangsu Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province

Protected by: Lianyungang Art Research Institute (Lianyungang drama studio, Lianyungang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center)

Brief introduction of five palace tunes in Haizhou

Applicant: Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province

Haizhou is the ancient name of Lianyungang City in Jiangsu Province. The five palace tunes of Haizhou refer to a kind of art form of singing with the combination of Qupai in Lianyungang City and its surrounding areas, with the basic tones of "ruanping", "dieluo", "Lidiao", "nandiao" and "Boyang".

The custom of Haizhou people singing ditty has a long history. After Jiajing and Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, the five palace tunes of Haizhou gradually formed and matured, which were widely spread along with the river transportation of salt industry. Because Haizhou is located in the border of Jiangsu and Shandong, Haizhou has become the intersection of Jianghuai dialect and northern dialect. In history, Xiaoqu Zadiao of the South and the North spread and took root here, showing the characteristics of both mastery and miscellaneous. Due to traffic congestion and other historical reasons, the folk tunes here are rarely influenced by other art forms, and all kinds of Qupai have been handed down from generation to generation and preserved completely.

The five palace tunes in Haizhou have a long history and rich accumulation. Some Ming Dynasty melodies, such as parasitic grass, hillside sheep, and jujube pole, have been passed down for several times, but they are still intact; some music lost in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, such as Matou tune, can also be found here, and their lyrics are basically the same as those recorded in Baiyue Yiyin; some difficult songs are still sung. After 1980, due to the change of social environment, the five tunes and other music have gradually become endangered. Haizhou five major GongDiao is a precious heritage of Ming and Qing folk songs in China. Its excavation and protection will play a positive role in promoting the study of Ming and Qing ditty.